Bracket or track-support.



No. 807,762. PATENTED DEC.19, 1905.

D D. MILLER. BRACKET 0R TRACK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1905.

Wiimeoow D D MILLER, OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

BRACKET OR TRACK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed February 23,1905- Serial N0. 246,955:

To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, D D MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brackets or Track-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved bracket for securing and supporting the rail of a hanger for barn-doors and other doors, the object of my invention being to provide a simple device of this character which may be readily attached to and detached from the rail at will and from which the rail cannot become casually detached and which may be manufactured at small cost.

My invention consists in the combination, with a rail having a longitudinal slot, of a bracket having a stud provided with a head adapted to be inserted through and turned at an angle with reference to the rail-slot to lock the latter detachably to the bracket.

My invention further consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a doorhanger rail, also showing one of my improved brackets detachably secured to the rail to support the latter. Fig. 2 is a detail per spective view of my improved bracket; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bracket, showing the rail attached thereto, the rail being in cross-section.

The rail 1 may be of the form here shown or of any other suitable form. Each section of the rail is provided with one or more longitudinal slots, which may be at any suitable distance apart, according to the number of brackets that are to be used to support the rail-sections.

My improved bracket 3 comprises a base 4:, which is adapted to bear against the wall of the structure, and is provided with a suitable number of openings for the screws which are employed in securing the bracket to the wall. The base when'secured to the wall is in a vertical position at right angles to the rail, which is in a horizontal position. Formed with or arm 5 of suitable length and diameter, the same being here shown as cylindrical in form. At the outer end of the said arm, at the center of the same, is a reduced portion forming a stud 6, which is cylindrical in form and is of such size as to enable it to enter the slot of the rail, and the said stud is provided at its outer end with a fixed locking-head 7, which is also of such size as to enable it to be passed through the said slot in the rail. When the rail and bracket are secured in place, the head 7 of the bracket-stud is at right angles to the slot 2 of the rail and bears against the outer side thereof, the inner side of the rail bearing against the outer end of the arm 5. It will be evident that the rail while detachably secured to the bracket cannot be casually detached therefrom, since the bracket must be first released and turned so as to dispose its head 7 parallel with the railslot before the said locking-head can clear the rail-slot and permit of the detaching of the rail from the bracket.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and, operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A door-hanger track-rail havingalongitudinal slot, in combination with a supporting-bracket having a fixed stud to enter said slot and provided with a fixed locking-head adapted to pass through and clear the slot and to be disposed at an angle with reference thereto, to prevent the rail from becoming casually displaced from the bracket, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a door-hanger rail having a longitudinal slot, a supportingbracket comprising a base, an arm extending laterally from the base and having a reduced secured to the base 4 is a laterally-extending l portion at its outer end forming a fixed stud and a shoulder, said stud being adapted to In testimony whereof I have hereunto set enter the slot of the rail and having a fixed my hand in the presence of two subscribing locking-head adapted to clear the said slot Witnesses.

and to be turned at an angle thereto, to dis- D D MILLER. 5 pose the said locking-head on one side of the Witnesses:

rail and the shoulder of the arm on the other MARIE ZUROHER,

side thereof. CHAS. M. BALL. 

